I was organizing my all of my dyed scraps and realized that I had almost enough to make a whole new throw quilt.
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This is more of mixed media piece: I hand dyed the fabric in shades of red and purple. Then I stretched it out in a frame and randomly painted flowers and vines. After it was all dry, I quilted the flowers to give them more definition. |
The purple fabric was made by putting the fabric in the dye bath several times. It had the effect of layering the color. I used a mint green to outline the celtic know.
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| I had seen these pinwheel flowers in a few stores on quilts and wall hangings and wanted to try it. I cut circles from some dyed and store bought scraps. The stem and leaves were free-motion stitched with green and blue, as it adds more depth. |
This was one of my scrap pieces where I had wanted to try the outlining but didn't really have a project planned for it. I made two using more of my dyed fabric. |
The backing: I had originally intended to use solid black fabric but I really like the effect of dying the fabric myself. Here I used several dye baths of green with purple and blue.
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This is the upper left hand corner to show more detail on the fabric. I love how it always comes out different creating a unique and one of a kind quilt. |